Francis McFaun

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Francis McFaun
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Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Prior offices
Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District

Compensation

Base salary

$843.32/week during session

Per diem

No per diem paid during session. Members can receive $168.66/day in per diem outside of session.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Boston University, 1963

Personal
Birthplace
Cambridge, Mass.
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Francis McFaun (Republican Party) (also known as Topper) is a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Washington-Orange District. He assumed office on January 4, 2023. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.

McFaun (Republican Party, Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Washington-Orange District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on August 13, 2024. He advanced as a write-in from the Democratic primary on August 13, 2024.

Biography

Francis McFaun was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and lives in Vermont. McFaun graduated from Rindge Technical High School. He earned a B.S. in education from Boston University in 1963 and took graduate courses at Boston College, Harvard University, and the University of Vermont. His career experience includes working as a Vermont state government employee. McFaun served as president and board member of the Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation and Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

McFaun was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

McFaun was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

McFaun was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Vermont committee assignments, 2017
Human Services

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, McFaun served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, McFaun served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, McFaun served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, McFaun served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District (2 seats)

Incumbent Gina Galfetti and incumbent Francis McFaun defeated Melissa Battah in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gina Galfetti
Gina Galfetti (R)
 
40.9
 
3,271
Image of Francis McFaun
Francis McFaun (R / D)
 
36.4
 
2,911
Image of Melissa Battah
Melissa Battah (D)
 
22.3
 
1,781
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
35

Total votes: 7,998
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District (2 seats)

Melissa Battah and incumbent Francis McFaun advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Battah
Melissa Battah
 
83.9
 
387
Image of Francis McFaun
Francis McFaun (Write-in)
 
7.2
 
33
 Other/Write-in votes
 
8.9
 
41

Total votes: 461
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District (2 seats)

Incumbent Francis McFaun and incumbent Gina Galfetti advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francis McFaun
Francis McFaun
 
50.0
 
553
Image of Gina Galfetti
Gina Galfetti
 
49.1
 
544
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
10

Total votes: 1,107
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District (2 seats)

Incumbent Francis McFaun and Gina Galfetti defeated Melissa Battah in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francis McFaun
Francis McFaun (R / D)
 
37.6
 
2,385
Image of Gina Galfetti
Gina Galfetti (R)
 
36.0
 
2,287
Image of Melissa Battah
Melissa Battah (D) Candidate Connection
 
25.9
 
1,645
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
28

Total votes: 6,345
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District (2 seats)

Melissa Battah advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Battah
Melissa Battah Candidate Connection
 
83.4
 
822
 Other/Write-in votes
 
16.6
 
164

Total votes: 986
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District (2 seats)

Incumbent Francis McFaun and Gina Galfetti advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francis McFaun
Francis McFaun
 
51.1
 
572
Image of Gina Galfetti
Gina Galfetti
 
47.2
 
528
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.7
 
19

Total votes: 1,119
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2020

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See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Rob LaClair and incumbent Francis McFaun won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rob LaClair
Rob LaClair (R / D)
 
49.5
 
3,437
Image of Francis McFaun
Francis McFaun (R / D)
 
49.4
 
3,426
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
74

Total votes: 6,937
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Francis McFaun and incumbent Rob LaClair advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francis McFaun
Francis McFaun
 
49.9
 
924
Image of Rob LaClair
Rob LaClair
 
49.3
 
913
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
15

Total votes: 1,852
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2018

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2018

In addition to running as a Republican Party candidate, McFaun cross-filed to also run with the Democratic Party in 2018.

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Francis McFaun and incumbent Rob LaClair defeated J. Guy Isabelle in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francis McFaun
Francis McFaun (R)
 
38.2
 
2,198
Image of Rob LaClair
Rob LaClair (R)
 
32.8
 
1,889
J. Guy Isabelle (D)
 
28.6
 
1,645
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
22

Total votes: 5,754
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Rob LaClair and incumbent Francis McFaun advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rob LaClair
Rob LaClair
 
50.1
 
555
Image of Francis McFaun
Francis McFaun
 
49.9
 
553

Total votes: 1,108
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2016

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 26, 2016.

Incumbent Rob LaClair and incumbent Francis McFaun defeated Dottye Ricks in the Vermont House of Representatives Washington-2 District general election.[2][3]

Vermont House of Representatives, Washington-2 District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Rob LaClair Incumbent 37.35% 2,488
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Francis McFaun Incumbent 44.21% 2,945
     Democratic Dottye Ricks 18.44% 1,228
Total Votes 6,661
Source: Vermont Secretary of State


Dottye Ricks ran unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Washington-2 District Democratic primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Washington-2 District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Progressive Green check mark transparent.png Dottye Ricks  (unopposed)


Incumbent Rob LaClair and incumbent Francis McFaun were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Washington-2 District Republican primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Washington-2 District Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Rob LaClair Incumbent 47.32% 864
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Francis McFaun Incumbent 52.68% 962
Total Votes 1,826

2014

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Washington-2 has two state representatives. J. Guy Isabelle was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Francis McFaun and Rob LaClair were unopposed in the Republican primary.[6] McFaun and LaClair defeated Isabelle in the general election.[7]

Vermont House of Representatives Washington-2 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrancis "Topper" McFaun Incumbent 40.6% 2,029
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRob LaClair 32.3% 1,616
     Democratic J. Guy Isabelle 27.1% 1,358
Total Votes 5,003

2012

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2012

McFaun won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2. McFaun was unopposed in the August 28 Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]

2010

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2010

McFaun ran for re-election to the Washington 4 District in 2010. He and Thomas Koch (R) both won re-election in the general election on November 2, 2010.[8]

Vermont House of Representatives, Washington 4 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Koch (R) 2,700
Green check mark transparent.png Francis McFaun (R) 2,620

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Francis McFaun did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Francis McFaun did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Francis McFaun campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange DistrictWon general$4,050 $3,955
2022Vermont House of Representatives Washington-Orange DistrictWon general$6,121 $4,127
2020Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 DistrictWon general$575 N/A**
2018Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 DistrictWon general$850 N/A**
2016Vermont House of Representatives, District Washington-2Won $5,000 N/A**
2014Vermont House of Representatives, District Washington-2Won $4,302 N/A**
2012Vermont State House, District Washington-2Won $1,734 N/A**
2010Vermont State House, District Washington-2Won $756 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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McFaun and his wife, Mary Howland, have three children.

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Footnotes


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